2016-17 Women's Golf Roster

Alexandra Kaui

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Las Vegas, NV
  • High School Oklahoma

Biography

UNLV CAREER
Kaui finished a successful career at UNLV in the spring of 2017…Named a Mountain West All-Conference Second Team selection after her junior campaign and was a first team selection after her senior season...Won the 2016 Mountain West Individual Championship...Finished career seventh all-time in career scoring average at 74.21...Qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open Championship twice...Played two seasons at Oklahoma before transferring to UNLV to return home to Las Vegas.

SENIOR (2016-17)
Selected to the Mountain West All-Conference First Team a year after earning a second team selection...Played in every tournament, totaling 30 rounds on the year…Recorded six top-25 finishes, including three top 10 finishes...Carried a 73.57 scoring average - eighth-best all-time for a single season...Led the team with 83 birdies on the year while registering nine rounds at par or better...Best 54-hole score came at the Mountain West Championships when she finished tied for sixth at even 216...Lowest single-round score of 3-under 69 came in the second round of the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, where she placed tied for 10th at 5-under 139...Her other top-10 finish came at the Battle of Boulder Creek where she placed tied for fourth after carding a 1-over 217 over the two-day tournament...Tied for 13th at the Betsy Rawls Invitational with a 3-over 219...Ended the season with a 9-over 225 to place tied for 45th at the NCAA Lubbock Regional.

JUNIOR (2015-16)

Played in every tournament…Won the Mountain West Individual Championship at 4-under-par 212, topping the runner-up by five strokes for the largest individual winning margin in MW Championship history…Selected to the MW Second Team…Tied for ninth place at the NCAA Stanford Regional at 2-pver 215 and earned Women's Golf Coaches Association All-Stanford Regional honors...Ranked sixth in the MW with a 73.61 average score and seventh best in UNLV history…Had four top 10 finishes on the year…Tied for fourth place at Battle at Boulder Creek II with a 2-over 218…Placed fifth at SMU/DAC Invitational at even-par 216…Tied for 12th place in the season-opening tournament Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational at 2-unver 217… Won the U.S. Women’s Open sectional qualifier at Industry Hills Golf Club, turning in a 3-under-par 171 to earn a spot in the 2016 U.S. Women’s Open Championship…Sank 96 birdies on the season, the eighth most in school history…Registered 14 rounds at par or better, seventh most in program history…Turned in a 5-under 67 in the first round of the Battle at Boulder Creek II, the seventh lowest round by a Rebel ever.

SOPHOMORE (2014-15) - Oklahoma
Competed in all 10 team events … Finished her sophomore campaign with the squad’s third-best season stroke average (75.47;+3.67) … Registered a season-best share of 13th place at Schooner Fall Classic (209;-1)… Tied for 22nd place at Jim West Challenge (230;+14) … Tied for 36th place at Big 12 Championship (230;+14) … Tallied four par-or-better rounds.

FRESHMAN (2013-14) - Oklahoma
An honorable mention WGCA All-America selection … Named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and to the All-Big 12 Team … Two-time Big 12 Golfer of the Month (October and February) … Ranked 31st individually by Golfweek and 29th by Golfstat … Boasted a team-best 72.76 (+1.71) season stroke average (fourth best in program history and best by a freshman) … Played 12 of 34 rounds at par-or-better … Registered 75 birdies on the season … Set a school record for 54-hole score with a 206 (-10) at the Alamo Invitational in October … Set a school record for 18 hole score (7-under 65) in third round of Alamo Invitational … Placed in top 20 in eight of the team’s 11 tournaments and posted four top-10 showings … Tied for sixth place at the Big 12 Championship at 1-over 217 (named to Big 12 All-Tournament Team) … Tied for a team-best 16th place at the NCAA Championships in Tulsa, Okla. (led four-round tournament after 36 holes) … Posted four rounds in the 60s.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked the No. 13 player in the Golfweek/Sagarin Junior Rankings ... Competed in 2013 U.S. Women's Open in Southampton, N.Y. (78-81=159) ... Won U.S. Open sectional qualifier in Glendale, Ariz., by five strokes ... Four-time Green Valley High School Player of the Year ... Three-time Nevada state champion ... Two-time Rolex Junior All-American ... Won two AJGA titles (2011 Las Vegas Junior Open and 2011 Genesis Junior Championship) ... Recorded 15 AJGA top-10 finishes and nine top-five showings ... Member of USA team that won 2013 Junior Solheim Cup in Denver, Colo. ... Member of West Coast team that won 2013 Wyndham Cup ... Three-time participant in the U.S. Girl's Junior Championship (tied for ninth in 2013) ... Took all honors and AP courses in high school and graduated with an advanced honors diploma.

PERSONAL
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii ... Daughter of David Kaui and Lisa Majors-Kaui … Has two younger brothers (David and Eric) … Has one hole-in-one to her credit ... Career-low score of 60 (-10) represents course record at Los Prados Golf Course in Las Vegas.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Junior

    5'3"
  • 2016-17Senior

    5'3"